Window-box.



W. A. PAINTER & J. S. HALFAKER.-

WINDOW BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11. l9l6.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

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WILLIAM A. PAINTER AND JOHN HALFAKER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 191 7.

Application filed January 11, 1916. Serial No. 71,489.

To all whom z't may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM A.,PAINTER 1 and JOHN S. HALFAKER, citizens of the 7 door in connection therewith illustrating the water tight joint between the door and box.

United States of America, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVindow-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improved window box, adapted especially for domestic use to take the place of an ice refrigerator, and employed in connection with a window having suitable opening to the outside of the house or to the outside atmosphere.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a comparatively inexpensive receptacle to be used for the purpose of storing foods, etc, which is simple in construct-ion and accessible and convenient to the attendant usually working about the kitchen or dining room, the intention, of course, being that the food contained in the box shall be preserved by the low temperature of the atmosphere outside the house, and also to have the box accessible from the interior of the house by raising the lower sash of the win dow.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts by means of which the box is retained in the window frame and also in the construction of the box itself in connection with the door or lid which closes the box.

In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of our invention constructed according to the best mode we have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of our invention, and in addition we have illustrated a modified form of the invention showing a telescopic construction of boxes.

Figure 1 is a view in elevation from the inside of a house showing the window box in place in the window with the door closed. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of Fig. 1 on line AA. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. l on line BB, looking toward the right. Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of one edge of the lid, showing the guide bar at this side of the lid. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of that portion of the lid or door shown in Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the upper left hand corner of the box, the door being omitted for convenience of illustration. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an edge view as seen from the left in F1g..6. Fig. 9 1s a sectlonal view of the top portlon of the box showlng the Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a modified form of box.

In the preferred embodiment of our invention as shown in the drawings we have illustrated in connection therewith the standard or usual form of window frame of the box style having the rabbets or runways 1 and 2 for the upper and lower sash 8 (the upper sash not being shown) and the sill it. The window may be located in the kitchen, dining room, pantry, or other place, which opens to the atmosphere or outside of the house so that the box 5 may be accessible from the interior of the room, but at the same time be The,

actually situated outside the house. box as shown 18 of metal, of a convenient sue to fit in the window opening and provided with converging side walls 6 6 and inclined top wall 7. These specially provided -walls enable a close packing or nesting of the boxes when they are shipped or stored, and of course the inclined top of the box in sures shedding of rain or snow from the box.

The inner open side of the box is closed by means of a vertically disposed lid or door 8, which is suspended from the inner edge of the top of the box by means of a reinforcing rod 9 forming a bead where the material of the top is turned over the rod as shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9. The door 8 which is a metal plate, at its upper edge is curled into an overhanging flange 10, and at the two upper corners the material is cut away, as indicated at 11 to provide for the upper end of a bent guide rod 12. This guide rod is attached by means of a head to the door near its edge and extends upwardly therefrom, spaced back from the door, to the top of the door on a line with the flange of the door, where it is bent over, as at 13, forming a hook, the end of which is attached to the door. There are two of these guide rods, one at each side of the door near its edges, and the ends of the rods are preferably passed through perforations in the material of the door, and headed in the form of rivets. These rods provide guide slots and they form closed hooks which are suspended upon the extremities 9 of the rod 9 which reinforces the upper edge of the top of the box. In figures of the drawing the door is illustrated as closed, see particularly 3 and 9, where it is evident that the overhanging flange 1.0 is fitted over and embraces :the bead 9 above the top edge of the box and in this manner a water tight joint is formed. When it is desired to open the door, it is grasped by the handle 14 and lifted. The movement of the door isguided by the connection between the bent guide rods and the extremitiesof the reinforcing rod, and when the door has been lifted approximately half its height, it is turned to horizontal'position as indicated in Fig. 3. At the sides of the opening of the box, the material is turned back to form vertical flanges 15 15 which project to the right and left therefrom and the door rests against these flanges when closed and glides over them when being .opened or closed. v

The interior of the box is provided with one or more shelves 16 whichare suspended from ledges 17 17 formed with prongs 18 which are passed through perforations in the side walls of the box and form an acceptable support for the ends of the shelves.

At the sides the box is provided with filler strips 19 19 adapted to fit in the 'rabbet of the upper sash, and by means of a nail or screw 20 the strips may be secured in the rabbets and the box thus held.

The box rests upon the window sill as shown in the drawings, and is held therein by means of the filler strips. The location of the shelves may be changed if desired, as it will be seen there are a number of perforations 21 shown in the box sides, and the Gopiesof this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

number of shelves may be varied from one to three to suit the convenience of the attendant.

Vhile we have referred to the material as metal, it will be understood of course that other material may be used, and it is also to be understood that the boxes maybe made in various sizes.

In Fig. 10 a telescopic form of box is illustrated the two sections 22 and 23 being designed to telescope one within the other.

The box is especially adapted for use in flats, apartments, etc., and is well adapted for keeping meats, vegetables, etc, and when the window and door are closed the interior of the box is inaccessible from the outside, but the interior of the box is freely accessible from the inside of the room'when the window is raised and then the door may be lifted as described.

WVhat we claim is Y The combination with an open front box having a bead and bar extending across its upper edge and said bead having cut away portions leavingthe ends of the bar free, of a vertically slidable door formed with an upper overhanging flange to engage the bead, a bent guide rod at each end of the door, each having its ends fixed to the door, and said rods suspended over the free ends of the bar for guiding the movement of the door.

In testimony whereof we affix our signa- Washingtom-D. C. 

